Dark Souls III coming 2016 to PS4, Xbox One and PC

So while there hasn’t been much revealed on this one so far, Bandai Namco did officially announce that Dark Souls III will be coming to PS4, Xbox One and PC in 2016, via series developer From Software. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about this title post-E3, since it’s being shown behind closed doors during the show.

Check out the snippets of information in the press release below, along with a handful of screens and an announcement trailer, and we’ll update with more news when we have it!

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Leading interactive entertainment company BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today proudly announced DARK SOULS™ III for an early 2016 release date for Xbox One, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and Windows PC. A dark and brooding fantasy adventure awaits players in a vast twisted world full of fearsome beasts, devious traps and hidden secrets.

Developed by acclaimed Japanese developer FromSoftware, DARK SOULS III is the latest chapter in the critically acclaimedDARK SOULS series with its trademark sword and sorcery combat and rewarding action RPG gameplay. Players will travel across a wide variety of locations in an interconnected world of unrelenting challenge and deep RPG gameplay as they search for a way to survive the coming apocalypse.

“The DARK SOULS series has built a revered reputation placing it in the highest echelon of revered video game properties of all time,” said Chris Gilbert, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. “We are very excited to see Hidetaka Miyazaki and his talented team at FROMSOFTWARE working on DARK SOULS III.”

DARK SOULS III will arrive on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 system and Windows PC early 2016. DARK SOULS III will be shown behind closed doors at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.’s booth at E3 2015 located on the mezzanine level of the South Hall in rooms 303A&B. For more information on DARK SOULS III and the rest of BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.’s line-up please visit: http://www.darksouls3.com, http://www.bandainamcoent.com and or follow us and join the conversation on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/bandainamcous.